Yeremia 6:14

6:14 They offer only superficial help

for the harm my people have suffered. ¹ 

They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’

But everything is not all right! ² 

Yeremia 8:11

8:11 They offer only superficial help

for the hurt my dear people ³  have suffered. ⁴ 

They say, “Everything will be all right!”

But everything is not all right! ⁵ 

Yehezkiel 13:10

13:10 “‘This is because they have led my people astray saying, “All is well,” ⁶  when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, ⁷  they coat it with whitewash.

Yehezkiel 13:16

13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem ⁸  and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

[6:14]  ¹ tn Heb “They heal [= bandage] the wound of my people lightly”; TEV “They act as if my people’s wounds were only scratches.”

[6:14]  ² tn Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “They heal the wound of my people lightly.”

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “They say, ‘Peace! Peace!’ and there is no peace!”

[13:10]  ⁶ tn Or “peace.”

[13:10]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew word only occurs here in the Bible. According to L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 1:202-3) it is also used in the Mishnah of a wall of rough stones without mortar. This fits the context here comparing the false prophetic messages to a nice coat of whitewash on a structurally unstable wall.

[13:16]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.